Wal-Mart Launches New Product Contest

BENTONVILLE, Ark. —Wal-Mart Stores has formally launched Get On the Shelf, a new product competition that invites anyone to submit a product idea to the retailer for development.

"Anyone with a great product in any product category that Wal-Mart carries is welcome to participate," a narrator states in a promotional video announcing the campaign. "It doesn't matter if the contestant is big o